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History

July 26th 1991: Launched.

November 1991: Because of stability issues she was lengthened by 7.2m.

March 7th 2015: The Poole to Cherbourg route was temporarily closed to enable the Barfleur to proceed to Santander for for refit and installation of exhaust gas ‘scrubbers’. The work took around 2 months to complete. As a consequence of the fitting of scrubbers the ship’s twin funnels would have to be enlarged to accommodate the new equipment. The Poole-Cherbourg route will remain closed until the 30th April 2015 when the Normandie Express will deputise on the route until the 14th May 2015. The Barfleur is expected to return to service on the 15th May 2015.

March 8th 2015: Operated a freight only service from Portsmouth to Santander before proceeding to the Astander Shipyard in Santander.

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